DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-09-24
C000062760 — DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio. United States Real Estate · $7.80B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000062760 Fund Overview
DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC, categorised as United States Real Estate. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC
- Category: United States Real Estate
- Assets under management: $7.80B
- 1-year return: 14.6%
- SEC CIK: 0000355437
- SEC series ID: S000021884
- Share class ID: C000062760
C000062760 Investment Objective and Strategy
DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC.
Investment objective
The investment objective of the DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
The DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio seeks to achieve exposure to a broad portfolio of securities of U.S. and non-U.S. companies in the real estate industry, with a focus on real estate investment trusts (REITs) or companies that the Advisor considers to be REIT-like entities. The DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio may pursue its investment objective by investing its assets in the DFA Real Estate Securities Portfolio, DFA International Real Estate Securities Portfolio (the Underlying Funds), and/or directly in securities of companies in the real estate industry. Periodically, the Advisor will review the allocations for the DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio in each Underlying Fund and may adjust allocations to the Underlying Funds or may add or remove Underlying Funds in the Portfolio without notice to shareholders.
The DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio and Underlying Funds generally consider a company to be principally engaged in the real estate industry if the company (i) derives at least 50% of its revenue or profits from the ownership, management, development, construction, or sale of residential, commercial, industrial, or other real estate; (ii) has at least 50% of the value of its assets invested in residential, commercial, industrial, or other real estate; or (iii) is organized as a REIT or REIT-like entity. REITs and REIT-like entities are types of real estate companies that pool investors funds for investment primarily in income producing real estate or real estate related loans or interests. The DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio and each Underlying Fund invest in companies principally engaged in the real estate industry in its designated market using a market capitalization weighted approach.
A companys market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. In general, the higher the relative market capitalization of a real estate company within an eligible country, the greater its representation in the Portfolio and each Underlying Fund. The Advisor may adjust the representation in the DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio or the Underlying Funds of an eligible company, or exclude a company, after considering such factors as free float, momentum, trading strategies, liquidity, size, value, profitability, and other factors that the Advisor determines to be appropriate, given market conditions. Securities are considered value stocks primarily because a companys shares have a low price in relation to their book value. In assessing value, the Advisor may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios.
In assessing profitability, the Advisor may consider different ratios, such as that of earnings or profits from operations relative to book value or assets. The Advisor also may limit or fix the Portfolios exposure to a particular country or issuer. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing value or profitability are subject to change from time to time. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Portfolios net assets will be invested directly, or indirectly through its investment in the Underlying Funds, in securities of companies in the real estate industry. In addition to, or in place of, investments in the Underlying Funds, the Portfolio also is permitted to invest directly in the same types of securities of companies in the real estate industry that are eligible investments for the Underlying Funds.
The DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio and each Underlying Fund intend to purchase securities of companies associated with countries that the Advisor has identified as approved markets for investment for the Portfolio and Underlying Fund. The DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio, directly or indirectly through its investment in the Underlying Funds, invests a substantial portion of its assets in the securities of issuers located in multiple countries throughout the world. The DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio and each Underlying Fund may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for equity securities and indices, to adjust market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio or Underlying Fund. The Portfolio and Underlying Funds do not intend to sell futures contracts to establish short positions in individual securities or to use derivatives for purposes of speculation or leveraging investment returns.
The DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio and the Underlying Funds may lend their portfolio securities to generate additional income.
C000062760 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| DFA International Real Estate Securities | 26.17% |
| Welltower Inc | 7.65% |
| Prologis Inc | 6.57% |
| Equinix Inc | 4.89% |
| American Tower Corp | 3.89% |
| Simon Property Group Inc | 3.62% |
| Digital Realty Trust Inc | 3.39% |
| Realty Income Corp | 2.84% |
| Public Storage | 2.62% |
| Ventas Inc | 2.15% |
C000062760 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.9% |
C000062760 Performance
Total returns for C000062760 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 9.6% |
| 1 year | 14.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 8.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 3.0% |
C000062760 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000062760, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.1%
C000062760 Costs and Fees
C000062760 costs about $22 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.22%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.29%
- Portfolio turnover: 4%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.14 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000062760 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio had net inflows of $48.26M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$34.61M |
| 2026-03 | $71.68M |
| 2026-02 | −$17.93M |
| 2026-01 | $16.05M |
| 2025-12 | $167.55M |
| 2025-11 | −$54.31M |
C000062760 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000062760 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official DFA Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-02-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-10
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.